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The League of Women Voters of Kansas and other voting rights groups announced on Thursday that they are halting their voter registration drives in order to comply with new voter suppression laws in the state.
On June 2, voting rights groups filed a federal lawsuit against the Kansas secretary of state and attorney general after the state’s Republican Legislature overrode the governor’s veto to enact a new voter suppression law last month.
Voting rights groups sued Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab (R) and Attorney General Derek Schmidt (R) on Tuesday after the state’s Republican Legislature overrode the governor’s veto to enact two new voter suppression laws last month.
Two voter suppression bills became law in Kansas on Monday after the Republican Legislature overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s (D) veto.
A key Kansas state Senate committee advanced a controversial proposal last week that would require all mail ballots to be received by Election Day — cutting three days from the existing deadline of the Friday after Election Day.
Kansas Republicans moved to make returning absentee ballots harder for voters in their state, introducing a new bill that would limit community ballot collection.
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